Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Fine and Rare Canoe Paddle, Hawaiian Islands image 1
Fine and Rare Canoe Paddle, Hawaiian Islands image 2
Fine and Rare Canoe Paddle, Hawaiian Islands image 3
Lot 35

Fine and Rare Canoe Paddle, Hawaiian Islands

21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los Angeles

Sold for US$2,560 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our African and Oceanic Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

Fine and Rare Canoe Paddle, Hawaiian Islands

hoe
Wood
Length 65 1/2in (165cm)

Provenance
Hawaiian Family Private Collection
Mauna Kea Galleries, Kamuela/Waimea
California Private Collection

The straight thick shaft with a short wide oval blade; the upper part of the blade forms an angular shoulder with the shaft, then makes a wide curve towards the sides; the shaft continues down the blade a few inches forming a leaf-like midrib on both sides; the blade gradually becoming thinner around the edges; fine light brown patina.

Full-size Hawaiian paddles are quite rare, with only thirty-six examples in The Bishop Museum Collection, Honolulu. (Buck, Peter, Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, British Museum Press, Honolulu, p. 277)

Additional information

Bid now on these items

PERSONNAGE GUERRERO EN SERPENTINE Mexique, Culture du Guerrero, influence Olmèque, 350-100 av. J.C.

TÊTE HACHA VERACRUZ EN PIERRE VOLCANIQUE Mexique, Culture Veracruz, Période classique, 450-750 ap. J.C.

MASQUE ANTHROPOZOOMORPHE EN COQUILLAGE Mexique, Culture Maya, Période classique, 450-750 ap. J.C.

TÊTE EN STUC MAYA Mexique, Culture Maya, région du Yucatan, Période classique, 500-900 ap. J.C

VASE MAYA CYLINDRIQUE EN TERRE CUITE Mexique, Culture Maya, Période préclassique, 500-900 ap. J.C.

PERSONNAGE DEBOUT EN TERRE CUITE COLIMA Mexique, El Chanal-Colima, Période postclassique, 900-1521 ap. J.C.

STATUE AZTÈQUE DE CHALCHIUHTLICUE, DÉESSE DE LA FERTILITÉ, EN PIERRE VOLCANIQUE Mexique, Culture Aztèque (ou Mexica), 1400-1520 ap. J.C.

STATUETTE AZTÈQUE DE XIPE TOTEC EN PIERRE VOLCANIQUE Mexique, Culture Aztèque (ou Mexica), 1400-1520 ap. J.C.

MASQUE FUNÉRAIRE CHANCAY EN BOIS Pérou, Culture Chancay, 1100-1450 ap. J.C.

URNE FUNÉRAIRE CALCHAQUÍ EN TERRE CUITE Argentine, Style Santa Maria, Vallées de Santa María et Calchaquí, Diaguita-Calchaquí, Époque tardive, 1000-1400 ap. J.C.

VASE NICOYA REPRÉSENTANT UN JAGUAR EN TERRE CUITE Costa Rica, Culture Guanacaste, Civilisation Chorotega, ca. XIIe siècle ap. J.C.

Fine Ceremonial Scarf, South Sumatra circa 1910 silk, framed78 x 36 1/4in (198.1 x 92cm)ProvenanceEuropean Private Collection